U+FD13 "ﴓ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Alef Maksura Final Form Unicode Character

Unicode Version 17.0

U+FD13 "ﴓ" Arabic Ligature Ain with Alef Maksura Final Form is a typographic ligature that combines the Arabic letter Ain (ع) with the letter Alef Maksura (ى) in their final position, representing a single cohesive glyph used in certain calligraphic traditions and orthographic contexts. This character belongs to the Arabic Presentation Forms-A block and is primarily employed in specialized text rendering or decorative writing, where the ligated form enhances visual harmony and preserves traditional script conventions. It should not be confused with standard Unicode representations of individual characters, as its use is limited to specific stylistic or archival applications rather than general text composition.

General Properties

Code Point U+FD13
Version Added 1.1
Name Arabic Ligature Ain with Alef Maksura Final Form
Block Arabic Presentation Forms-A
General Category Other Letter
Canonical Combining Class Not Reordered
Bidirectional Class Arabic Letter
Decomposition Type Final
Decomposition Mapping "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura

Encodings

HTML Decimal Encoding ﴓ
HTML Hex Encoding ﴓ
UTF-8 Encoding 0xEF 0xB4 0x93
UTF-16 Encoding 0xFD13
UTF-32 Encoding 0x0000FD13
C/C++/Java Escape \ufd13

Unicode Properties

NFC Quick Check Yes
NFD Quick Check Yes
Numeric Type None
Numeric Value NaN
Line Break Alphabetic
Changes When NFKC Casefolded Yes
NFKC Casefold "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
NFKC Simple Casefold "ع" U+0639 Arabic Letter Ain
"ى" U+0649 Arabic Letter Alef Maksura
Script Arabic
Script Extensions Arabic
Indic Syllabic Category Other
ID Start Yes
XID Start Yes
ID Continue Yes
XID Continue Yes
Alphabetic Yes
Vertical Orientation Rotated
Grapheme Base Yes
Grapheme Cluster Break Other
Word Break Alphabetic letter
Sentence Break OLetter